on tougher gun laws. --re needs to being better to be better legislation for better security for events like marathons and other type of events where the general public is gathered. host: you think we need to start spending more money, the federal government, on gatherings, to have security at these types of gatherings? caller: i don't know if spending more money is the answer, but enacthe state's can legislation that would be even tougher than what the federal government can do. it is where the states need to step in even more. sun: this is the baltimore opinion page. reaction, mike? caller: i don't think abandoning events like that is the answer, but there needs to be tougher security, maybe even perhaps having people go through certain areas to get checked even before they are allowed to enter those areas like that. people withn scanners and stuff just to make sure there is nothing that can be used as a weapon of any type. host: all right. this is the "washington times" this morning. so president obama